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Effective immediately enforcement of the Tall Grass Ordinance, Blight Ordinance and Noise Ordinance has been suspended until further notice.

Holiday Schedule – Office Closed

Friday, March 30, 2018 - Good Friday

Monday, May 28, 2018 – Memorial Day

Wednesday, July 4, 2018 – Independence Day

Monday, September 3, 2018 – Labor Day

Monday, October 8, 2018 – Columbus Day

Monday, November 12, 2018 – Veterans Day

Thursday, November 22, 2018 – Thanksgiving

Friday, November 23, 2018 – Day after Thanksgiving

Monday, December 24, 2018 – Christmas Eve

Tuesday, December 25, 2018 – Christmas Day

Monday, December 31, 2018 – New Year’s Eve

Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 – New Year’s Day

Welcome to the Hayes Township Website

Hayes Township is located in central Clare County in a region known as Central Michigan. The Township surrounds the City of Harrison, and is linked to the City in terms of services, employment, recreation and entertainment. Major transportation arteries pass through Hayes Township providing connections to surrounding communities and the rest of the state. U.S. Highway 27, a controlled access freeway, runs through the Township providing easy access to the communities of Gaylord and Grayling to the North, and Clare, Mount Pleasant and Lansing to the south.

Because of significant natural resources such as heavy woodlands and many small lakes and bodies of water, Hayes Township, has become a popular destination for tourists and recreation enthusiasts.

Established in Michigan’s lumbering era, the area was home to the first logging railroad in the History of the world, the Lake George & Muskegon Railroad. By 1882, the rail line was used for transporting lumber and other goods from Harrison to other communities in Clare County and the rest of the state. In 1890, the rail line offered express trains that provided direct connections between Harrison and Cincinnati. The railroad line, in addition to important rivers such as the Muskegon River, and Tobacco River, helped the lumbering industry to flourish.